[mythtv-users] Seagate 1.5TB for 109.99

[Michael T. Dean]

<fixed top posting and changed /2/ levels of forwarded messages into
proper replies)

On 03/25/2009 02:25 PM, Dean Collins wrote:
> From: Stackpole, Chris
>   
>> From: Steve Peters - Priority Electronics
>>> I see that tigerdirect.com has the seagate 1.5tb drive for only 109.99
>>> today. That's the best deal by far that I've seen on it to date.
>>>
>>> Just wondering, I heard about some issues with this drive from some myth
>>>       
>>> users a few months back. Have those issues been fixed? Can someone
>>> recommend
>>> this drive to me for my main recordings drive?
>>>       
>>
>> The issues were about the firmware on the drives at the time. AFAIK all
>> of those issues have been fixed. The only concern you might have is if
>> you get a drive that has been sitting on the shelf and hasn't been
>> updated yet. You can just check when you get the drive.
>>
>> I don't have the 1.5TB drives, but the 1TB drives are doing just fine
>> for me.
>>
>>
>> Not the same as MythTV BUT.......
> I use 7 of these drives in my Thecus N7700
> http://deancollinsblog.blogspot.com/2008/10/thecus-n7700.html 
>
>
> Firmware upgrades HAVE NOT FIXED ALL MY PROBLEMS, including having to
> ship back 4 drives to Seagate that were less than 30 days old and they
> ship me back 'reconditioned units'.
>
> If you have to then go ahead but if you don't have to then stay away
> from Seagate for now until they really fix these problems.

Yes, I completely agree that you will have no end of problems with these
drives.  Since you once read somewhere that there were problems with
them, anything that ever happens will be due to the problems with them,
not due to whatever causes the problems.

Wait until Seagate gets a new line of HDD's with an unsullied name. 
Until then, buy some $300 WD 2TB HDD's.

Mike

(Actually, I'm not recommending the WD's--if you thought so, read again.)
s/^(.*)WD's(.*)$/\1WD's\2^M\1Seagates\2/